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December 10, 2025Frontiers in PsychologyOpen Access

Exploring motivational and contextual factors influencing medical career choice: a theory-informed study

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SÖSelcen Öncü

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Cross-sectional study reveals intrinsic motivation and self-efficacy shape medical career choices in students, highlighting financial stability and educational backgrounds.

Key Points

  • This research aims to investigate how motivational and contextual factors influence medical career choices among first-year medical students.
  • Cross-sectional quantitative design in a public university
  • Involved 297 first-year medical students
  • Data collected via a validated questionnaire
  • Analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (t-tests, ANOVA)
  • Assessed the relationship between motivational dimensions and demographic variables
  • Students highly motivated by intrinsic factors and self-efficacy beliefs
  • Job security and professional prestige rated positively among students
  • Environmental barriers showed lower influence on career motivation
  • Female students exhibited higher intrinsic and altruistic motivations
  • Higher parental education associated with increased self-efficacy beliefs

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Selcen Öncü (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69401b262d562116f28f7a62https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1722595
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